Word: decisional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"The inflationary effects of defense spending are sufficiently mild so that the decision about how much is to be spent on arms should be made on other, noneconomic grounds." It is notable that those years when the Pentagon budget was largest in real dollars, and took its greatest share of...
Jones does not win every argument, of course. Indeed, he still bears the scars of the fight over the B-l supersonic bomber. Carter canceled that project in June 1977, when ex-Bomber Pilot Jones was Air Force Chief of Staff and the plane's leading advocate. Carter'...
Hua embarked on his voyage to the West amid signs of unrest at home that included criticism of his performance as party leader. Students and faculty members at People's University in Peking staged a near riot to demand the expulsion of Chinese troops who have been bivouacked in...
Large segments of the public also seem to be changing their attitude toward science. During the turbulent 1960s, the stress on "relevant" studies convinced many students that helping others now was more important than grueling research that might benefit mankind later, a decision no doubt reinforced by the fact that...
The future is less than rosy. With Harvard's old Hanford outlet in Washington state shut since October 4, and Beatty now gone, officials were talking more and more this week about establishing local dumping sites. And, as one state official said, that is one decision that nobody wants to...